Uruguay – hidden treasure of Latin America
Uruguay is a magical country, a country of freedom. Its population is 3 million and a half of it lives in Montevideo. Situated between Argentina and Brazil, it rests on the seaside.
Natalia, a friend of mine I met last year in Israel, is a former history teacher and a current social worker. She talked a lot about her life in Uruguay. She says that compared to other countries, there is not a lot of corruption in Uruguay, or that there is very little of it. She thinks that life standard in Uruguay...
The day I met Mujica – the richest president in the world
Jose Mujica “Pepe” – the 40th president of Uruguay. (2010-2015). He is 81 years old. He spent 14 years of his life in prison, during 70’s and 80’s, because he was a part...
How I built a mud house in Uruguay
When we say “a mud house” people usually think of something belonging to a distant history, something primitive and impossible to build in urban areas. We usually identify this concept with the houses...
